Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 8, 10 January 1894 — RIDICULUS MUS. MORE COMMENT ON MR. DOLE'S LABORS. PART II. [ARTICLE]

RIDICULUS MUS. MORE COMMENT ON MR. DOLE'S LABORS. PART II.

(Communicated.) Referring to the right of the Pre&ident of the United States to i inlerfere in the settlenaent of the present domejst5(;—international—affair. Mr. Dole eays, that, ‘‘aueh right could be coiiferred npon him the act of this Governraent, and that alone; or it could be acquired by cniiquest.” Perhaps Mr. Dole will deny that such right was most undoubtedly conferred on the President, wben he and his satellites requested Minister Stevens to Rssume a Prot(ctorate over the Hawaiian Islauds. To whieh request Minister Stevens readily acquiesced and issued an (Jfficial I’roclamation to that effect; stating to the people,” tbat ‘‘I hereby, uame of the Uuited States of Ameiiea assume protection of tbe Hawaiian Islauds for tbe prctection of Iife aud property, and occupation of puhlie buildings and Hawaiian ! soil, so far as may be uecessary for the purpose specified.” “This action is Uiken pending, and ; ; snbject, to negotiations at i Wasbington.” And on tbe ! fii-si day of February 1893 witnessed the scee of tbe raising—witb tbe booming of | eannou- -of tbe naiional eusign of tbe United States of Araeric t over tbe government buildings. i to take tbe plaee of tbe eusign j of tbe Hawaiian Kingdora. Alfbougb, when, on the first | day of April tbe Hawaiiau n a t i o n a 1 ensign was ; restored to its positiou— -witHoQt tho booraing of eaunon- -and tbe United States troops withdrawn frora their shore bHrracks, it does ! not appear that the right of intcr- ( fetrnce icns trithJratrn; in fifct, j , tbe st«tement raade by Minister Willia, to the effect, that tbe j United Stutes Naval Forces, ! | would koep peaeo and order in I Hawaii, tends to strengtben I that conclusi«>n. The basis of Ihe right of the Presidenl of the Uuited I' Sutes to interfere in onr present domestic aff.rirs, appears to be wall * estabiisbed. ' Mr. Dole endeavors to score a poiaī on the subject of arbUration. la support of hia argument he »ays ’ ! firstly: ‘*]f an intention to submit I the question of ihe re-insUtement of the ex-queea bad existed. whv ehould her attoruey bave heeo ref,;svd p*« ge ou this hoal?" (the I Claudine). Secondīy: Ii; refere:ice | lo Ihe !-tter to Pr«nde»| 1 1 Hanhwn, he a»ys; “lf »qj QB der- f st.-iudin« h a d existed al ih*t time | * betweeo faer and Ihe Governraent! ] U> auhuiii lle queatk>n of l&\

" "** — L • _ rtttor«tkm to the UoiU*l Stat«, eoiue referenee to »ucb o«der?tanding w >uid r.atur»ilT hare ap|ieared i in tHi« 1 Th'r<\W. nf tiie yaeen T s Protest. he i ti it it is ‘ devoūl of erid?nce of | anv eanluAl nnderstanding for a j sobmission of ber elaim to the | Tbrone, to tbe United btate3. And that. “tbe docoment w:is. reoeived exactly as it would have been reeeived if it had eome throogb mail. ' Did Mr. Dole eipect that the Qaeen should have an under* | ! standing with him and his | satellites reganling the subject malter, of submitting the ques tion of her restoration to the United States? Why should sbe have done so? V ere j not t’ e falh>TTing e’au®-? 1 in the Q ieea’» proUst sufficient? •T. Liliuokalani. by the grace of | aud under the Con?titution of j the Hawaiian Kiiigdoin Q leen, do { hereby soksmuly j»rotest aj£iinst my and ail acts done against my--rl*f and the Con9tituUonal Governi ment of the Hawaiian Kingd >m by ! oertain persons clairaing to have j egtablished a Pr>visional Govern I ment of and for ih s Kingdotn.” “i\ow to avo d any eolliaion of 1 iraied forces and perhaps the ioss | j t>f life, I d(J under this protest and i I impelied by said force. yield my | ! authority ūntil such tirae as the ; Gv>vernment of the United StaUs I ahall, uf>on the facts being presente»l tn it, undo the action of its representative and re-instate me m ; the authority whieh I elaim as the constilutionaI sovereigu of the llawaiian Islands.” And when Mr. DoIe''as Ch.iirman | of the Executive Council of the j Provisionul Government, endorsed | th it protest, ‘‘received by the | hands of the late Cabinet, this I7th day of Jan., A. D. 1893,” that was notan ordinary Foroign officerubJ o ber stamp letter receipt, but was undonbtedly an acceptance of the terms of the Queen’s protest. ls not that evidenco enough, of a mutual understanding? So far as the Queen’s letler to President Hanison is concerned, there was no occasion for her to ruention anything “of a mutual ■ understanding“ on the sub. ject to restoration, —her protest and its acceptauce by Mr. Dole for and on behalf of tbe Provisional Governmout was all that was necessary to cover that point. The fact, that Mr. Dole’s endorsement on the Qaeen’& protest might prove to be an acceptance oi its terms nnd be regarded as such, mnst have been an afterthought, henee the refusal to give her Commissioner passaga on tbe Claudine, althongh. slie had been assured, that every facility woukl be given her to lay the subject matter before the j authorities of the United States at 1Vashington. But the Executive Council were of the opinion that under the circumstauces they felt it incompatible with the pnhlie interost to allow any representative from her to take passage on their dispatch hoaL " Mr. Dole’s memory seems i to huve failed him on two or three occasions. Here vs one instance, “As to the exqueen’s notice of her appeal to the United States, it was a matter of inditference to us. Such an appeal eoukl not have been preveuted, as the maiiserrice was : in operation as usual.“ Does Mr. Dole not recollect, that it was not until soraetime during the afternoon of the 18th that the P. G. decided to ailow a mail to go forward by their il di9pateh lxx\t and whieh closed at an honr during the nigbt, and also tbat he informed the Queen that all despatches entruste«l to the care of the Execntive Uoaneil wouki be forwatxled. should she desire to send auy? It is noticeable, tbat whereever Mr. Dole has* occasion *to refer to Qneen Lilinokalani, he does so with the lTord “ex qoeen. ‘ Such want of decorum and respect from a gentleman and diplomat as Mr. Dole is ofteu referred to. is snrprising. It is uncalled for. The titlo of the Lady is still ihat o! Queen.